(VOVWORLD) - The Vietnam Museum of Ethnology in Hanoi is introducing the public to the customs and rituals of hunting and taming elephants in the Central Highlands.

(VOVWORLD) - Iraqi forces on Saturday launched a sweep from the Euphrates Valley through the western desert to completely flush the Islamic State out of Iraq’s territory.

(VOVWORLD) - At least 31 migrants seeking their way to Europe died on Saturday after their boat sank off Libya’s western coast. Libyan officials said some 200 others were rescued by the coastguard and brought back to port in Tripoli.

(VOVWORLD) - German Chancellor Angela Merkel has vowed to form a government as soon as possible after coalition negotiations between the Christian Democrats (CDU), the Social Democrats (SPD), and the Greens collapsed Thursday.

(VOVWORLD) - The death toll in a bomb and gun attack on a Sufi mosque in Egypt has risen to 305, including 27 children, Egypt's state prosecutor said Saturday.

(VOVWORLD) -The Government is pushing up the scheme to expand health insurance to cover the costs of treatment of HIV-infected people, said Deputy Prime Minister Vu Duc Dam at a meeting on Sunday in response to World AIDS Day, December 1.

(VOVWORLD) -National Assembly Chairwoman Nguyen Thi Kim Ngan on Sunday began official visits to Singapore and Australia.

(VOVWORLD) -The Government will set aside 1.3 billion USD to upgrade infrastructure as part of a larger blueprint to turn tourism into a key industry.

(VOVWORLD) -Ambassador of the Republic of Korea (RoK) Lee Hyuk hosted a banquet in Hanoi on Saturday to celebrate the country’s National Foundation Day and 25 years of Vietnam-RoK diplomatic ties.

(VOVWORLD) -The 20th Vietnam Film Festival opened in Da Nang city on Saturday, honoring Vietnam’s best movies and promoting the image of Vietnamese people, culture, and tradition to the world.